The men engaged in operating a wrecking-car or a vessel employed in wrecking-work.(noun)
The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)
Use "wrecking-crew" in a sentence
"The Democrats won\'t impeach, so, for CheneyBush, it\'s full steam ahead with their wrecking-crew policies and foreign adventurism."
"The grate tackled by the doughty challenger last night was one of the fine-tooth comb variety (the "Non-Sifto" No. 114863), in which the clinker is caught by a patent clutch and held securely until the wrecking-crew arrives."
"Then the wrecking-crew laughed; and the farmer put his head out of a window and said that Evans was no gentleman."